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The wildebeest Mama V (voiced by Loretta Devine) and the title zebra (Jake T. Austin) in “Khumba,” established in South Africa.

.title&gt the 2nd function from the South African animation studio Triggerfish, is a wondrous and marginally deranged story about oddballs embracing their differences. The titular youthful hero is a South African zebra who is born 50 %-white in a gated local community of chicly striped friends. The superstitious zebras conclude that Khumba is the trigger of the drought that follows his birth. For them, no stripes suggest no rain.

After a wise mantis provides him a map to a magic watering hole, Khumba (the voice of Jake T. Austin) heads out to locate it. He is joined by a pair of wandering outcasts: the lonely and loving wildebeest Mama V (Loretta Devine) and the flamboyant ostrich Bradley (Richard E. Grant, “Withnail and I”). A key musical quantity has Mr. Grant singing a campfire version of “I Will Survive” with new lyrics: “I am ostracized.”

Together the way, these misfits face a variety of other isolated cults, from a household of meerkats living in a human-produced animal sanctuary to a group of rock-dwelling rodents, known as dassies, on a mountain persuaded that doomsday is nigh. A cruel and 50 percent-blind leopard (Liam Neeson) also crosses their path. The voice performing from proficient American, British and South African performers (such as Steve Buscemi and Sindiwe Magona) is zany and emotionally billed.

Also delightful in this movie, from the director Anthony Silverston, is the way the great animation exaggerates the landscapes, hues, appears and wildlife of the Excellent Karoo of South Africa. Genuine-lifestyle nature is offered as a lot more unique, comprehensive and deeply felt than any fantasy entire world.